Saturday, July 23, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011

--- Wow, 200 blog comments! That True Love Pug necklace sure is popular... I'm happy to announce that the winner is - Šárka Černá ... but with so many entries, I decided to send a mystery prize to 3 additional participants. They are - Jasmina Trudl, charliedarling and Jilliebeanie --- I'll be contacting y'all soon --- Thanks to everyone who entered ---

Thursday, July 07, 2011

It's been a while since I've had a giveaway on here ... So let's have one, shall we?
/// Leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning this fine "True Love" pug necklace * ... Winner will be picked at random next Thursday. ///

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

I read this article yesterday and it really annoyed me. Not so much because it implies that Ben Shahn was a bad artist : "Shahn couldn't (or chose not to) draw very well. At all." ... because I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with half a creative brain that Shahn's drawings are in fact, quite amazing and no less so for being non-representational (I mean, Picasso's cat/dove etc. sketches aren't exactly in a realistic style, but everybody loves those). What really annoyed me was the opening paragraph;

Sunday, July 03, 2011

I collaborated with the lovely ladies at Made by White to make these beautiful wooden brooches, available in my shop and online at madebywhite.com --- In other news, I am engaged! My name will soon be the almost-impossible-to-pronounce Gemma Correll Zinonos... and yes, Mr Pickles will be wearing a tux for the occassion ...